鏡かがみ餅もち

noun

kagami mochi; New Year's rice cake offering

Traditional Japanese New Year decoration: two round mochi stacked, often with a daidai (bitter orange) on top. Typically displayed during the New Year period and later eaten in a ceremony called kagami biraki.

See also: 橙

• お正しょう月がつには床とこの間まに鏡かがみ餅もちを飾かざります。

  We display kagami mochi in the alcove at New Year's.

• 鏡かがみ開びらきで鏡かがみ餅もちを割わって食たべました。

  We broke and ate the kagami mochi at the kagami biraki ceremony.